Thursday, December 03, 2015

Puenge Minagof 2015

This Friday, December 4th from 6 - 9 pm in the HSS Atrium, the
CHamoru Language Classes at UOG are organizing their annual event, Puengen
Minagof Nochebuena at the University of Guam. The event is free and open to the
public. There will be dancing, singing, the praying of a nobena, a fashion show
and meggaigai na bonelos. Here is the flyer for the event, the press release,
as well as a short interview I did about the event.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Puengen Minagof Nochebuena 2015

An evening of Chamorro Christmas Traditions

The Division of Humanities, College of Liberal Arts and
Social Sciences and the University of Guam’s Chamorro Studies Program cordially
invite the UOG and Guam community to Puengen Minagof Nochebuena, an evening of
Chamorro cultural festivities connected to the holiday season. The celebration
will take place on Friday, December 4, 2015 from 6 pm – 9 pm in the Humanities
and Social Sciences Building (HSS) Atrium.

The evening will include dancing, singing, the praying of a nobena
and plenty of fina’mames (sweets). CHamoru language students will be making
traditional Chamorro Christmas desserts such as boñelos dågu, but also offering
a wide variety of boñelos options, including boñelos mangga, boñelos lemmai,
boñelos aga’ and others. The highlight of the evening will be an exhibit of
varieties of modan CHamoru or Chamorro fashion by students of the CHamoru
language classes at UOG. Other language classes have also been invited to show
off fashion from their cultures.

Please join the students on this evening and help them show off
our CHamoru language skills and cultural knowledge, and to usher in the 2015
holiday season. For more information please contact: Joseph Franquez at
sinotf@guam.net or Michael Lujan Bevacqua at mlbasquiat@hotmail.com. You can
also reach them by phone at 735-2800.

Si Yu’os ma’åse’.

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Interview with Jojo Santos Tomas

Pacific Daily News

For this year's Puengen Minagof Nochebuena we are changing things up a little.
Normally we have a Bilen making competition, but this year we've instead
decided to make a life-size Bilen display with students acting out the various
roles of the Nativity figures. Not focusing on the Bilen this time means
students are freed up to work on other aspects of a Chamorro Christmas
celebration such as cooking and singing. Chamorro Christmas favorites such as
"Dandan i Panderetas" and "Fanmatto Manhengge" will be
sung, as will songs people may not be familiar with in Chamorro, such as a
translation of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." For the food,
students will be making an array of Chamorro treats, such as åhu, latiya,
kalamai, but the central dish will be boñelos. Rather than focusing on the
traditional styles which are dågu and aga', we're encouraging students to
experiment and try out boñelos lemmai, boñelos kahet and boñelos mångga. All in
all we are hoping to have more than a dozen different types of boñelos for the
community to taste.

This event is important for our CHamoru Language students and for the
community, because we are not only passing on the language, but we are passing
on certain traditions that have long been connected to Chamorro culture. In
preparing for Puengen Minagof many students end up talking to their elders and
relatives about these traditions, and this helps to facilitate inter-generational
transmission of language and family history. Delicious food and merry
festivities is the perfect environment for this type of education.

The Chamorro fashion show will feature Chamorros in outfits ranging from
Ancient to Colonial. Students will be wearing shell jewelry, sade' and grass
skirts reminiscent of our ancient ancestors, but also mestisas and khaki pants
with woven hats in traditional Spanish and early American-era lancheru style.
The fashion show or modan Chamoru was included to add some extra color and
flourish to the evening.

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THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE HAOLIFIEDTinige’ as Guahu - 2003 (updated 2008)

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